Although things look pretty gloomy - at least for the New Labourites, in Venezuela we continue to make progress. This May Day the minimum wage was increased 30% in Venezuela, and not only that but public sector wages were also increased 30%. Taki… more »

Chavez has admitted that the reforms have been lost "for now", after his 33 proposed changes lost 49.3% to 50.7%, with 45% abstention, and the other 66 changes lost 49% to 51%. Minimum program for getting out of this situation should include: 1) Ex… more »

Our comrades in Venezuela are today going to the polls, the media in the west are of course going on about how Chavez is an evil dictator and so on and so forth, and this move is only to centralise power in his hands because it abolishes term limits (wel… more »

LABOUR MP John McDonnell demanded that the Brown government make "a choice between democracy or oligarchy" at the weekend. At Saturday's Hands Off Venezuela national conference in London, he condemned new Labour's ongoing hostility towards Venezuela a… more »

Chavez gave a speech last week, and I have to say what I've read of it so far is the most refreshing yet. "...workers councils will come into being in the factories, in the workplaces, but they should reach out to the communities and be fused into oth… more »

From Venezuelanalysis.com: The Venezuelan government made the agreement with London Mayor Ken Livingstone last February after Venezuelan President Chavez suggested the idea during a visit to London in 2006. The deal will provide London buses with a 20… more »

In an ongoing discussion I've had with Mr Anthony, I used Venezuela as concrete examples of nationalisation of international companies, and reducing the working week without impacting production or pay. 5. I wonder about your Venezuela example. It is… more »